Replacing A Hard Drive Filler; Removing And Replacing A Hot-Pluggable Sas Hard Drive; Removing A Sas Hard Drive; Removing And Replacing A Hard Drive Filler - HP Integrity rx2660 User's & Service Manual

Figure 6-12 Removing and Replacing a Hard Drive Filler

Replacing a Hard Drive Filler

To replace a hard drive filler, follow these steps:
1. Orient the hard drive filler so that the airflow holes are on the bottom of the filler.
2. Insert the filler into the slot guides, and slide the filler into the slot until it clicks into place
and is fully seated (2).

Removing and Replacing a Hot-Pluggable SAS Hard Drive

You can install up to eight hot-pluggable SAS hard drives, located on the front panel of the server.
Replace the SAS hard drives using these procedures when server power is on or off.
The SAS hard drives are small form factor 2.5 in. disk drives. Supported capacities are as follows:
• 36 GB
• 73 GB
• 146 GB
CAUTION:
before you can safely remove it from, or install it into, the server. Verify that the operating system
supports removing and replacing disk drives while the operating system is running. If the
operating system does not support this feature, shut down the operating system before attempting
this procedure. Failure to observe this caution can cause system failure.
NOTE: The replacement SAS hard drive must have the same product number as the disk drive
that is replaced.

Removing a SAS Hard Drive

To remove a SAS hard drive, follow these steps:
1. Push down on the release tab (1). The drive extraction handle extends from the drive.
2. Pull the extraction handle up (2).
156 Removing and Replacing Server Components
A hot-pluggable device might require that you interact with the operating system